20 years of product giving

20 years of product donations

Over 20 years In Kind Direct has quickly grown into the UK leading’s organisation distributing donated products to charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises across the UK.

Here are a few little-known facts about the incredible range of products received by charities since 1997.

Going digital

We launched our first E-commerce website in 2004, moving away from a paper catalogue. We’ve since seen a fivefold increase in the number of orders we receive from our partners.

One million products

In 2017, our 20th year, our warehouse will be handling its 1,000,000th product. That’s a lot of goods delivered for people in need over the years!

We're on a roll

In Kind Direct has distributed 111,000 km of toilet tissue to charities, enough to go around the world 2.77 times.

A wide variety of products...

Over the years we have received many everyday essentials but also a few more unsual donations. Among them: 15 boxes of Butlins uniforms; 10 pallets of signed paintings; 20 pallets of ladies’ underwear; a dozen pallets of bottled water and jelly babies; 5,777 colouring books for adults; 2,270 golf umbrellas; pet food for gerbils, canaries, budgies and turtles

Scotland in our hearts

Our longest standing charity partner is a scout association based in Scotland. The group registered in February 1997 and is still a regular user of In Kind Direct!

Bright smiles

We’ve distributed enough toothbrushes to stretch 65 miles end to end, about the distance from Manchester to Birmingham.

Sunny beginnings

In Kind Direct’s first donations were a selection of mixed toys from The Disney Store and 1,300 tubes of sun lotion from Johnson & Johnson.

More choice than ever

Last year we made available 6,082 different product lines to charities